Climate averages 1991–2020
Hongwŏn weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Hongwŏn: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sinp’o (20 km away). In November its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Hongwŏn, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Hongwŏn ranks joint 22nd of 38 for the warmest November highs and 29th of 38 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 38 cities is 8.6°C; Hongwŏn is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hongwŏn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.8°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 30 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 6.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 74 | 7.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 22.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 74 | 7.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 25.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 172 | 12.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 25.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 12.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 102 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 51 | 6.8 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 8.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 35 | 6.5 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Sinp’o in NovemberNorth Korea · 20 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Hŭngnam in NovemberNorth Korea · 34 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Hamhŭng in NovemberNorth Korea · 38 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Changam-ch’on in NovemberNorth Korea · 95 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -0.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Wŏnsan in NovemberNorth Korea · 106 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Tŏkch’ŏn in NovemberNorth Korea · 148 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Hyesan in NovemberNorth Korea · 154 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Kanggye in NovemberNorth Korea · 156 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 54 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hongwŏn) is explained once on the Hongwŏn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.